Who's the most skilled duelist in Yu-Gi-Oh series?

Brb said:
Skill and strategy. Lmao.
It's all about who can pull of the better cards/combos faster.

Brb said:
Skill and strategy. Lmao.
It's all about who can pull of the better cards/combos faster.

Kagami said:


A lot of strategy in Yugioh. That is why some people in real life are superior than others. You have to know how to stack your deck with the perfect cards and how to use them correctly and when to use them.

Brb said:

I know that that is a factor irl(though the themed decks structure of the game diminishes this by a lot)

But the anime? Not even. Especially because almost all duelists play exclusive archetypes with 3 or so outside cards.

I'd say Manjoume would be one of the betters in terms of actually dueling (during/post ojama deck), but once again, "the luck of the draw" comes into account

Kagami said:


Its why we have to go by statistics.

Jaden from GX is the best, clearly. 73 duels? 92% winning? 2nd most behind two people who have dueled in five or less? Winning means you're good.

HaXXspetten said:
"skilled"

you mean who has the most lucky/far-fetched scripted card drows right

Rinar said:
Jounouchi. The show keeps putting him down as an underdog but starting off as a complete rookie, he managed to defeat Dinosaur Ryuzaki (Japan Championship's finalist), Mai Valentine (random slut that defeated the aforementioned finalist), Insector Haga (japanese champion + he had parasite paracide sneaked into his deck as a handicap), Ryota Kajiki (crazy fish guy), Bandit Keith (american champion or something), Rishid (who at the time was believed to be the terrifying Marik), and eventually Marik himself if it wasn't for that asspull.

Sure, Yugi/Yami/whatever helps him build his deck but ultimately it's all up to him to think up strategies and make combos. Especially worth noting that Dinosaur, Mai and Keith were defeated one or two weeks after his deck was made up of shitty monsters with no spell and trap cards and his only strategy was zerg rushing. Talk about gitting gud.

Also Yami Yugi fought with most of these opponents too but had a lot more trouble beating them. Jounouchi has no millenium item, no multibillion company, no god cards. Both Yugi and Yami Yugi are great duelists but they're supposed to be king of games. My butt they are.

FFTHEWINNER said:


...you do realize that Junichi's deck is based on luck right?all his best spells and traps are luck of the dice/coin based. he is literally the definition of a guy who only wins because of his luck.

On topic, Maximilion pegasus. only ever defeated by Yugi(because main hero syndrome),Kaiba(because main antihero syndrome), and Mai because of cheating using Orichalcus. Literally invented the game and defeated everyone else who ever challenged him.

Rinar said:

And you do realize that literally every deck is based on luck? I mean, except Yugi because the power of friendship toward his deck makes him draw what he wants almost whenever he wants. If luck was the only thing at stake, it's a strange thing that Jounouchi won that many times? Sure a few cards like Devil's Dice are luck-based but that's only a few cards. Using time to strengthen your monster and weakening the other? That's not luck. He's a genius at improvising as the duel progresses. But it's weird that you'd consider Pegasus as the most skilled, since he literally cheats all the time with mind reading.